Golf articles
At it’s heart, automatic golf is really simple. You turn up, clear your mind, choose a club and then go hit the ball. Any golfer can do this. But it can be hard. Your Pesky mind likes to jump in and ensure you don’t get carried away. Plus there’s the plentiful noise and distractions. You…
Golf can sometimes get us down. But it’s too good a game for the desperation to last for more than a day or so. It’s just not that serious. Bad stuff happens. I can remember being upset when I stuffed up in one of my first tournaments. On this occasion I shot some stupid score…
My best ever golf experience was spending a week or so in Scotland with Kendal McWade. Kendal was a PGA pro who woke up one morning and realised what he was teaching was a load of rubbish. He was teaching his pupils the same way that he was taught the game. But this way had…
Last Thursday I got to play golf with three excellent coaches. It was a social outing, but I was keen to learn as much as possible from these guys. Scott Barrow has been talked about here (and here) before, David Rath is the High Performance Manager at Hawthorn Football Club and Damian Farrow is perhaps…
This article appeared on the ABC News site about Adam Scott’s win in the Australian Masters. For the most part the article is fine, but I don’t like this quote one bit. Unlike at the British Open, where Scott relinquished a four-hole lead with four holes to play in July to let slip what would…
Chipping for most golfers is the worst part of their game. Bunker play may sneak in front, but day in and day out a golfer’s chipping game is what lets him down the most. By the way, this is my opinion as many won’t confess to having any sort of chipping problem – they all…
This is sort of a continuation of yesterday’s post – thought a story would resonate with more golfers. Here’s the story. It was my first big golf event. I had qualified through to the match play rounds of the State Championships and was paired against a gun golfer. This guy had won a lot of…
Stop searching for the right answer or the perfect tip to show up. This is the reason you’re stuck. Yep, it’s hard to swing freely when you’re lacking confidence or not sure, but this is exactly what you’ve got to do. Swing the sticks. And do it now. Waiting for “perfect” to show up is…